Abstract: Papers of Elizabeth Montagu, chiefly letters, with some manuscripts.

Language of Material: The records are in English.

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Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu, socially prominent "bluestocking," author, and indefatigable correspondent. Her husband Edward
Montagu (d. 1775) was a member of the Parliament, prominent Whig and owner of coal mines in Northumberland and estates in
Berkshire and Yorkshire. Elizabeth Montagu's home in London was a famous literary salon that attracted Hannah More, Elizabeth
Carter, Lord Lyttleton, Horace Walpole, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and others. After the death of
her husband, she managed the family estates and collieries.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically. It is housed in 117 boxes.

Scope and Content

Papers of Elizabeth Montagu, chiefly letters, with some manuscripts. The papers deal with literary affairs, personalities,
and gossip, including references to current books and plays; social and everyday life of Elizabeth Montagu at her homes at
Sandleford Priory, London, Bath, and Turnbridge Wells; her travels to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sandleford, Spa (1763), Paris (1776),
and Scotland (1766 and 1770); current political events, including the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the Seven Years War, the
coronation of George III, the John Wilkes affair, and the trial of Warren Hastings; coal mines and mining in Northumberland.

The collection was formed by Matthew Montagu, 4th Baron of Rokeby, nephew of Elizabeth Montagu and executor of her estate.
In 1899, the papers passed into the hands of his granddaughter Emily J. Climenson, and upon her death in 1921 to Mr. Reginald
Blunt.

MO 6892
Chapone, Hester (Muslo). Ode to Peace, written during the Rebellion in 1745...[a poem in 10 stanzas of 4 line each]; To Mr.
Edwards on his imitation of Spencer, 1749 [a poem in 5 stanzas of 6 lines each]; Ode written during a violent storm at midnight,
1749: [a poem in 5 stanzas of 6 lines each]; To Heneth, 1750 [: a poem in 7 stanzas of 6 lines each]
(1745-1750)